Coin-controlled receptacle



(No Model.)

A. A. RMS-BR au J. H. MOLAUGHLIN.

` GOIN GQNTRLLED REBPTALE.

N0. 576,151.- Patentedreb. 2, 1897.

and

Mrd-g UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHR A. REASER AND JOSEPH H. MCLAUGHLIN, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

COIN-CONTROLLED RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,151, dated February2, 1897. Application filed .Tuly l1, 1896. Serial No. 598,869. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, ARTHUR A'. REASER and JOSEPH H. MCLAUGHLIN,citizens of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county ofLancaster and State of Nebraska,

have invented a new and useful Coin-Controlled Receptacle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled receptacles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcoin-controlled receptacles and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one designed to be mounted on the backs of the seats of atheater or other place of amusement, designed to contain a box ofconfectionery or other article to be sold or rented, and capable ofbeing readily opened-to obtain access to its contents when a coin of theproper denomination is deposited into it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coin-controlledreceptacle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is acentral transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalView. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of the device, the casingbeing broken away.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures ofthe drawings.

1 designates a casing constructed of suitable material, provided with aiiat back, bottom, and ends, and having its front and top continuouslycurved. The casing, which is designed to be secured tothe back of atheater-seat, is provided with transverse partitions 2 and 3, forming acentral compartment 4 for the reception of a box of confectionery 0r anyother article which is designed to be either sold or rented, and thespace between the transverse partitions and the ends of the casing formend compartments and receive the operating mechanism.

The front of the casing is provided with an opening affording access tothe central or main compartment and the contents thereof,

and the casing is normally closed bya curved door 5, arranged on theinner face of the continuously-curved front and top of the casing andprovided at its ends with radially-disposed arms 6 and '7, which arearranged Within the end compartments and centrally pivoted to thetransverse partitions. The transverse partitions have curved front andupper edges, which are separated from the inner face of thecontinuously-curved front and top sufficiently to provide a space inwhich the curved cover slides. 1

\Vhen the curved door is released by the means hereinafter described, itis automatically opened by springs S, mounted on pivots 9 of the arms 6and 7 and connected with the latter by engaging projections 10 thereof.

The casing is provided atits top with a coinslot 11, and it has mountedin it a coin-tube 12, which is disposed at a slight inclination andwhich extends downward from the slot 11 to the bottom of the casing to asimilar slot 13. The coin-tube, which forms a chute for coins, isprovided at the inner edge of its lower end with an opening 14, adjacentto which is arranged a depending arm 15 of a spring-actuatedcoin-operated lever 16. The spring-actuated coin-operated lever 16,which is disposed substantially horizontally, is substantially L-shapedand has one arm fulcrume'd on the coin-chute between perforated ears 17.Its other arm is arranged to engage a'lug 18 of the arm 6 of the door,and it is held in such engagement when the door is closed by a spring19, secured at its upper end to the coin-chute and having its lower endengaging the lever. The lug 18 forms an upper shoulder, and its lowerface is beveled to enable it to engage the coin-operated leverautomatically when the door is closed. A spring-actuated push-bar 20 isarranged at the outer edge of the coin-chute and is adapted, when a coinis located in the chute, to be forced inward against the action of thespring 21 to cause the coin to engage the depending arm 15 of the leverlt, whereby the latter is Withdrawn from engagement with the lug 18 topermit the door t-o open. The push-bar, which extends through an openingof the adjacent end of the casing, consists of a head mounted in asleeve 22 and a shank extending through a tubular extension of the IOOsleeve and adapted, when the push-bar isv be secured in a position overthe slot by asuitable padlock or other fastening device. A dependingflange 24c is arranged at one end of the slot '13 and is adapted toextend through a bifurcation of the bar 23 when the latter is closed inorder that the shackle of a padlock may lock the bar 23 in its closedposition.

The door is provided at its lower edge with an eXteriorly-arran ged lug25, forming'a finger-piece to enable the door to be readily closed, andthe casing is provided at the top of the door-openin g with a recess 26,receiving the lug 25 when the door is open. A cushion 27 is arranged atthe recess 26 and consists of a strip oi'v rubber arranged within agroove extendingaround the recess andpreferably formed by asubstantially U -shaped plate 28, secured to the outer face of theeasing.

Itwill be seen that the coin-controlled receptacle is exceedingly simplein construct-ion, that it is positive and reliable in operation, andthatit is adaptedto contain an artic-le to be `either sold or rented, and iscapable of affording access to the same when a coinof` the properdenomination is deposited into it.

Vhat We elaiinisl; Inla device ofiV the class described, the combinationof a casing provided with a curved front having a door-opening, a curvedsprin g-actu ated door arranged at the front of the casin g and adaptedto open automatically When-released, a coin-operated leverconsisting-ota horizontally-disposed L-shaped portion pivot-ed at oneend, and having its other endengaging the door to lock the latter' inits closed position, and a depending arm adapted to be engaged by acoin, a coin-chute arranged adjacent to the said depending arm, and' apush-bar located adjacent to the coin-chute coin-chute arranged withinthe casing, a spring-actuated coin-operated lever located at one side otthe coin-chute and engaging the adjacent arm of the door, whereby thelatter is locked in its closed position, and a push-bar located at theopposite side of the coin-chute, substantially asV described.

In a device of the class described, the combination oi a casing havingacontin-` nous curved front and top, transverse partitions, a curveddoor provided with radial arms pivoted to the partitions, springsmounted on the pivots and connected with the arms for automaticallyopening the door, a coin-chute arranged within the casing, a beveled lugmounted on the adjacent arm, a spring-'actuated coin-operated leverfulcruined on the coin-chute and arranged toengage the said lug, and apush-bar located at the opposite side of the t'ront chute, substantiallyas de'- scribed.

4. In a device of thevclass described, the combination of a casinghaving a door-opening and provided at the top thereof with arecess, aspring-actuated door having a lug forming a iinger-piece and arranged toYenterA ARTHUR A. REASER. JOSEPH ll. MCLAUGHLIN. Vitnesses:

R. CUNNINGHAM, M. M. DE LENIs.

